High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Justice Asmabi Mohamad ajourned the hearing to July 27 for decision after hearing submission from the applicants' counsel Mohd Iskandar Ismail and Senior Federal Counsel Maisarah Juhari for the National Registration Department.

In November last year, Sosilawati's children obtained leave from the High Court to challenge the NRD's decision not to issue the death certificate.

The National Registration Department, in a letter dated July 25 last year, informed the family that registration of death could only be considered after the appeal against the High Court's decision that Sosilawati was murdered is affirmed by the Court of Appeal.

On May 23, 2013, the Shah Alam High Court found former lawyer N. Pathmanabhan and farm hands T. Thilaiyalagan, R. Matan and R. Kathavarayan guilty of murdering Sosilawati and three others in Tanjung Sepat, Banting, in 2010.